nullipara

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nullipara (plural nulliparas or nulliparae)

  1. A woman who has never carried a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who has never given birth). It includes women who have experienced spontaneous miscarriages and induced abortions before the mid-point of pregnancy, but not women who have experienced pregnancy loss after 20 weeks.
    • 2005, Martha Finn, Women's Health: A Core Curriculum[1], page 147:
      The active phase of labour lasts on average 8 hours for the nullipara and 6 hours for the multipara.

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  • IPA(key): /nulˈli.pa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ipara
  • Hyphenation: nul‧lì‧pa‧ra

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nullipara (feminine-only, feminine plural nullipare)

  1. nulliparous